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below will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The ICR described the nature of
the information collection and its
expected burden. A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was
published on December 26, 2013
(Federal Register/Vol. 78, No. 248/pp.
78504–78505).
DATES: Submit comments to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) on or
before May 30, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kathy Sifrit, Contracting Officer’s
Technical Representative, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–132),
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W46–472, Washington, DC
20590. Dr. Sifrit’s phone number is
(202) 366–0868 and her email address is
kathy.sifrit@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2127—New.
Title: Mild Cognitive Impairment and
Driving Performance.
Form No.: NHTSA Form 1240.
Type of Review: Regular.
Respondents: Drivers age 60 and older
who have responded to a solicitation for
participation in a study of aging,
cognition, and driving safety and have
provided a phone number and/or email
for contact.
Estimated Number of Respondents: It
is estimated that 90 telephone
conversations will be conducted with
respondents to descriptive solicitations,
to yield 60 participants.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time to respond to questions
in the telephone conversations is 10
minutes for each telephone conversation
with a respondent. If an Optional Task
is funded, up to 30 of the initial 60
participants would be contacted
monthly by phone for one year, at an
estimated 10 minutes per call.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 15 hours (without the Optional
Task). The Optional Task total estimated
annual burden is 60 hours.
Frequency of Collection: Without the
Optional Task, the questions will be
presented a single time. The Optional
Task will add 12 contacts per
participant in which questions are
presented.
Abstract
Older adults comprise an increasing
proportion of the (driving) population
and there is concern about the effects of
mild cognitive impairment (MCI) on
driver performance and safety. MCI
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age. The objective of this project is to
document differences in driving
performance and exposure between
participants with MCI and a comparison
group of cognitively normal drivers of
similar age. The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
proposes to collect information from
licensed older drivers about their
driving habits in order to determine
whether they are eligible to participate
in a study of the effects of mild
cognitive impairment on driving
performance. Drivers will volunteer for
the study by responding to a mailed or
individually delivered solicitation.
Researchers will ask drivers a brief (<10
minutes) series of questions to
determine eligibility to participate in
the study, then describe the proposed
study to respondents who qualify. Each
driver who meets study inclusion
criteria will then be asked if he or she
wishes to participate. If yes, a project
assistant will ask for a description of the
car in order to identify it and install a
data collection system that will collect
all remaining data necessary for the
study. The questions will allow research
staff to ensure that prospective
participants meet study inclusion
criteria and facilitate installing data
collection instruments in each
participant’s vehicle. The findings from
this study will help clinicians to
identify and intervene when a client
with dementia begins to exhibit
potentially risky driving behaviors.
NHTSA will use the information to
develop recommendations to health care
providers and to the public regarding
when the progression of a condition
causing cognitive impairment results in
the need to transition from driving, with
the ultimate goal of reducing injuries
and loss of life on the highway.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for Department of
Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, or by
email at oira_submission@omb.eop.gov,
or fax: 202–395–5806.
Comments Are Invited On: whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department of
Transportation, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the

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information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication of this notice.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued in Washington, DC on April 25,
2014.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0044]

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
AGENCY:

Before a Federal agency can
collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Under procedures established
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, before seeking OMB approval,
Federal agencies must solicit public
comment on proposed collections of
information, including extensions and
reinstatements of previously approved
collections.
This document describes the
collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before June 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA–2014–0044 using any of the
following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 1(202) 493–2251.
SUMMARY:

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Instructions: Each submission must
include the Agency name and the
Docket number for this Notice. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kathy Sifrit, Contracting Officer’s
Technical Representative, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–132),
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W46–472, Washington, DC
20590. Dr. Sifrit’s phone number is
(202) 366–0868 and her email address is
kathy.sifrit@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must publish a document in
the Federal Register providing a 60-day
comment period and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulations (at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment on the following: (i)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(ii) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) how to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks public
comment on the following proposed
collection of information:

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Older Drivers and Navigation Systems
Type of Request—New information
collection requirement.
OMB Clearance Number—None.
Form Number—NHTSA 1260.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval—3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information—The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
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licensed drivers about their age, driver
license status, driving habits, vehicle
type and age, and experience using
Electronic Navigation Systems (ENSs).
Participation in the study will be
voluntary. Drivers will volunteer for the
study by responding to an emailed or
individually-delivered descriptive
solicitation or as a result of reading a
call for volunteers in a publication or on
a poster. The drivers will be asked a
brief series of questions to determine
eligibility to participate in a study of
older adults’ driving performance while
they drive to familiar destinations,
unfamiliar destinations using paper
directions, and unfamiliar destinations
using an ENS. A project assistant will
then describe the proposed study to
those respondents who qualify for the
study and answer all questions that the
drivers may have. Each driver who
meets the criteria for subject selection
will then be asked if he or she wishes
to participate. If yes, a project assistant
will then determine the availability of
the respondent to participate in the data
collection activities and, if available,
schedule the volunteer for the first data
collection session.
The first data collection session will
assess the participant for cognitive
impairment. If no significant cognitive
impairment is detected using standard
testing instruments, the volunteer will
be accepted as a participant, and an onthe-road data collection session will be
scheduled. During the on-the-road
session, the participant will drive his/
her own car on predetermined routes
with an ENS and with paper directions.
A Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (DRS)
will score driving quality and adherence
to the prescribed route, and a portable
instrument package will record driving
parameters such as speed and
acceleration.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information—NHTSA was established
to reduce the number of deaths, injuries,
and economic losses resulting from
motor vehicle crashes on the Nation’s
highways. As part of this statutory
mandate, NHTSA is authorized to
conduct research as a foundation for the
development of motor vehicle standards
and traffic safety programs.
Some older drivers have difficulty
navigating to unfamiliar places. As a
result, they either restrict their driving
thereby decreasing their quality of life
or attempt to drive and potentially
encounter difficulties including
becoming lost or using cognitive
resources for wayfinding rather than for
maneuvering safely through traffic. A
number of electronic devices have been
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adults’ driving careers. These include
ENSs, which could aid older drivers
through freeing cognitive resources
otherwise needed for wayfinding. It is
possible, however, that these systems
may increase driver workload because
they select a route that is different than
the driver expects or by causing a
distraction. The purpose of the study is
to document differences in older adults’
driving performance while they drive to
familiar destinations, unfamiliar
destinations using paper directions, and
unfamiliar destinations using an ENS.
The project will also explore the effects
of familiarity using an ENS on driving
performance. It will then assess the
benefits of providing training in using
an ENS to older adults. The proposed
questions will allow research staff to
ensure that prospective participants
meet study inclusion criteria and
facilitate their study participation.
Description of the Likely Respondents
(Including Estimated Number, and
Proposed Frequency of Response to the
Collection of Information)—
Respondents will include up to 320
drivers 60 years old or older licensed in
the State of North Carolina. Since not all
volunteers will qualify, the agency
proposes to conduct 320 conversations
(telephone or face-to-face depending on
how the volunteer was recruited) with
potential participants to yield 160
participants.
Estimate of the Total Annual
Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of
Information—The 320 conversations
will average 10 minutes in length
including introduction, qualifying
questions, potential participant
questions, logistical questions,
scheduling if the volunteer qualifies,
and conclusion. The total estimated
annual burden will be 53.33 hours.
Participants will incur no costs from the
data collection, and participants will
incur no record keeping burden and no
record keeping cost from the
information collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 25,
2014.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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